Danqin choked for a moment, pouted, and couldn't utter a single sound. After a long pause, she finally said what had been circling in her mind: "You can use mine, or his."
She looked at Ling Fei, who was behind them.
Zheng Zhian glanced at Ling Fei and then looked back at Dan Qin. One was a guard in the capital, and the other was a fourth-rank general. Now, neither of them had a higher status than her.
Looking at the groups of people being led out of the inn's entrance, he said, "Let's take a look first."
That person just called him a spy from another country; that's quite a coincidence.
Ge Gao and his companions also emerged with the crowd. Clearly, they hadn't escaped the fight either; their robes were tattered and disheveled, a far cry from their initial air of nobility and arrogance. However, they still held their heads high, maintaining their last vestiges of composure.
Several soldiers followed behind them, like servants following them. The imposing general on horseback dismounted and waited until they approached.
"Lu Hua?" Lai Zhiwei, who was in the lead, looked at him with a dark expression and great displeasure.
Lu Hua nodded. "Young Master Wei." He raised an eyebrow, his face showing surprise. "Why are you gentlemen here?" Lai Fu Inn is not a place these young masters would come to.
"I heard that many martial arts heroes have come here. I happened to be here today to check the accounts, so I came to take a look," Ge Gao explained with a smile. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the group of people surrounded in the center not far away and casually asked, "Deputy Lieutenant Lu, who are those people?"
Zheng Zhian and the others could hear the conversation clearly.
Zheng Zhian slowly peeked out from behind Danqin and looked at them. Ge Gao's gaze at Yuan Ming was disgusting, but the next moment, the gazes he and Lai Zhiwei gave him were even more lewd and obscene, like animals in heat.
She feigned a timid demeanor, withdrawing her protruding head, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. Indeed, birds of a feather flock together; the ancients were right.
Yuan Ming felt very uncomfortable with the way those people were looking at him, and he really wanted to dig them out.
He glanced back at the little figure behind him, saw her shake her head, and struggled to suppress the urge to kill her.
Lu Hua followed his gaze, raised his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Take him away."
"Wait a minute."
Lai Zhiwei's originally unfriendly expression turned into a subconscious lick of his lower lip with the tip of his wet tongue when he looked behind Danqin.
This little guy is so cute, it's so much better than any of the toys he's played with before. It would be a huge regret in life not to try such a wonderful thing.
Looking at his sinister face, Danqin clenched her hands at her sides. He dared to look at the princess like that; he deserved to die a thousand times over.
Even Ling Fei, who turned around, had a face as dark as the bottom of the pool.
"Do you know Young Master Wei?" Lu Hua glanced at the group with a meaningful look. Everyone in Changfeng knew what kind of person this was.
Although those people seemed to have some status, how many of them could beat him here? Besides, it wasn't something he could stop.
Lai Zhiwei was quite pleased with his sensible reaction and patted him on the shoulder. "Those are my friends. Lieutenant Lu, could you do me a favor?"
He spoke to the person in front of him, but his eyes were fixed on the hem of Danqin's clothes peeking out from behind her, his face showing a look of determination.
“If he is your friend, Young Master Wei, he certainly cannot be a spy.” Lu Hua raised his arm, and the soldiers who were just about to step forward to take him away immediately stepped aside.
Ge Gao lowered his eyelids slightly, thinking to himself: It seems that he won't be able to pity that little thing today.
However, while the young man in front wasn't as androgynous and tempting as the younger one, he was quite good-looking and offered a unique kind of charm. If he were to serve me alongside my wife, wouldn't that be...
As he thought about it, a slight smile curved his lips.
Lai Zhiwei straightened his robes and walked forward slowly. Danqin and the other two watched him warily, keeping Zheng Zhian firmly behind them.
His eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of coldness creeping into them. Just as he was about to speak, Zheng Zhian slowly stepped out from behind Danqin, raising his head. "What do you want?"
Lai Zhiwei immediately laughed and said in what he thought was a friendly manner, "I'd like to make friends with you. What do you think, my dear brother?"
Before Zheng Zhian could answer, Yuan Ming pulled him to his side and looked him straight in the eye, saying, "This is my younger brother, don't call him that."
He really wanted to kick this disgusting person away. Not only was he ugly, but he also tried to steal his brother. How despicable!
"Really? Then I'd like to make friends with all of you, what do you say?"
He has always been patient with good-looking people.
This behavior was perhaps only something he himself found cool. If he hadn't wanted to find out more, Zheng Zhian would have been tempted to kill this man.
“My master is missing, and so is Uncle Erniu. We need to find them.” Zheng Zhian did not answer his question directly.
We still haven't seen those two. Although Master doesn't need to worry at all, we should at least put on a proper act.
Besides, Zhao Erniu has been following me for a day, so I should at least see if he lives or dies.
Lai Zhiwei paused for a moment, "It's too chaotic inside right now. I'll have Deputy Lieutenant Lu help you find someone. Shall we leave here first?"
The little thing didn't even glance at him, and his heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat. He really wanted to see the little guy cry.
Zheng Zhian suppressed her nausea, scraped her lower lip with her upper teeth, hesitated for a moment, and then raised her head, asking, "Where are we going?" She felt like throwing up.
Yuan Ming's hand on Zheng Zhian's shoulder tightened involuntarily. Was the little guy really going to go with this hungry wolf?!
Why does she suddenly look so silly today? Was she frightened by the person who just tried to assassinate her?
She quickly dismissed the idea in her mind. Back in Qingyang, so many people fell in front of her and she wasn't afraid. It was even less likely today.
"How about going to my brother's house? It's much safer there than outside, and there's absolutely nothing scary about it."
He looked exactly like a human trafficker abducting children, which Du Huaibo and the other two nearby found unbearable to watch.
How could there be such a despicable person!
"You're not my brother." Zheng Zhian said coldly, then asked, "What's your name?"
She really didn't want to pretend anymore; she had never seen such a brainless and disgusting person.
Unaware of the change in her attitude, Lai Zhiwei was only focused on taking the little one back. "My name is Lai Zhiwei, and the Prefect of Changfeng is my father." As he spoke, he slightly raised his head, as if he were unapproachable to everyone.
But in the eyes of Du Huaibo and the others, this arrogant demeanor was indeed something for him to boast about, since none of them present had a higher status than his father.
Moreover, in the entire Changfeng, no one except the governor had as much influence as him, so naturally everyone had to respect and fawn over this young master Lai.
After a long silence, Lai Zhiwei looked down at her and asked, "What's your name? Would you like to visit our prefect's residence?"
"Yun'an," Zheng Zhi'an replied coldly, "Then lead the way."
Seeing that he agreed, Lai Zhiwei was secretly delighted and ignored her attitude. He shouted loudly to the guards who were still with the soldiers, "Let's go back to the manor."
The guards who had just been huddled among the guards rushed forward to follow.
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